European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso (file photo) (epa) BRUSSELS, February 27, 2007 (RFE/RL) -- European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso today held out Georgia's reforms as a shining example for the rest of the region.
Georgia's president says he recognizes the EU's growing aversion to enlargement, so he's adopting a gradual approach to membership.
The EU's German presidency is ready to present a new vision for the bloc's engagement with the five countries of Central Asia.
EU foreign ministers at their February 12 meeting (official site) BRUSSELS, February 13, 2007 (RFE/RL) -- EU officials launched a rare and hurried exercise in damage control today to counter a suggestion by the "Financial Times" newspaper that the bloc has concluded that Iran cannot be prevented from acquiring a nuclear bomb.
EU foreign ministers have approved a new mission aimed at furthering respect for human rights and the rule of law.
NATO is struggling to win the confidence of locals in southern Afghanistan in the face of constant security threats.
The threat of a spring campaign by insurgents in the restive south is rising with the temperatures.
Afghanistan is poised to begin a poppy-eradication campaign targeting crops that provide about half of the heroin that reaches Europe.
NATO says a new intelligence-sharing center in Kabul will coordinate the fight against insurgents coming from Pakistan into Afghanistan.
NATO-led forces say that despite fears of increased violence, Taliban militants are in no position to mount conventional attacks in large groups.
January 17, 2007 (RFE/RL) -- German Chancellor Angela Merkel today gave the clearest indication yet that the terms of the EU's Neighborhood Policy (ENP) are about to be fundamentally changed.
U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates (file photo) (epa) January 15, 2007 (RFE/RL) -- Recently appointed U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates has warned NATO's Secretary-General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer that the threat posed by Taliban insurgents in Afghanistan may increase in 2007.
Amid the Russia-Belarus dispute, some EU members have realized that their dependence on imported energy is no longer something they can remedy on their own.
Oil supplies to some EU countries were disrupted on January 8 as Belarus and Russia continued their energy standoff.
No cause for alarm over Europe's gas supplies this year (Bymedia.net) BRUSSELS, January 4, 2007 (RFE/RL) -- The new year has already ushered in a welcome change as far as the European Union is concerned.
Relations with Central Asian, the Black Sea region, and Russia are among the top priorities of the EU's incoming German presidency.
In their summit conclusions, EU leaders have praised the past enlargement of the bloc as a "success story."
The two-day EU summit opening in Brussels today shines a light on long-simmering divisions within the union over further expansion.
(AFP) BRUSSELS, December 12, 2006 (RFE/RL) -- After a day of intense debate, EU foreign ministers have agreed a raft of measures they hope will slow down accession talks with Turkey, while at the same time ensuring they are not derailed.
"This is not only my prize. This prize also goes to all Belarusians struggling for freedom," Alyaksandr Milinkevich said at the ceremony in Brussels.
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